/*
ont-space - The ontology-based resource metadata repository
Copyright (c) 2006-2008, Information Eng. Research Unit - Univ. of Alcalá
http://www.cc.uah.es/ie
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 */
package org.ontspace;

/**
 *
 * Represents a (distributed) reference to a metadata record 
 * stored inside a MetadataRepository. 
 * 
 */
public interface MetadataRecordReference {

    /**
     * Provides the URI to get access to the repository
     * in which the metadata record lives.
     *
     **/
    public java.net.URI getMRRAccessInterface();

    /**
     * Gets the (locally unique) metadata record identifier.
     */
    public String getLocalMetadataRecordId();
}
